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Signalman JOHN FRASER PRESTON

Service Number: 2343955
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

3 H.Q. Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 15 February 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

8. J. 12.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret O. K. Preston, of Leith, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON & BROTHER. HE DIED, AS HE LIVED, LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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